Monday, October 27, 2008

Giving a whole new meaning to self-flagellation

It's not my fault if Fly thinks he has to hit himself in the face as part of his religious upbringing.

Well, maybe it is. A little bit.

I thought it would be nice to show Fly how to pray. After saying a brief prayer (toddler attention span and all), I pulled my hands away quickly, and loudly said, "Amen!" I thought saying Amen loudly would make it fun. And I thought the hand thing would give him something to do. A way to keep Fly's interest.

Praying has his interest, all right. Now he wants me to say one quick prayer after another just for the chance to shout, "Amen!" Kind of like this:

"Thank you, God, for all this delicious food. AMEN!"

"Thank you for your good example of love. AMEN!"

"Thank you for little boys. AMEN!"

Somewhere along the way, instead of throwing his hands apart, Fly started slapping himself in the face. So every time he says, "Amen," he smacks himself. With both hands.

If they don't already, the people at the church are going to really wonder about our family....